Terms of Service

These Terms (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") set forth the matters that customers must agree to regarding the use of all products (including "the API" as defined in Article 2, Item 14) and services (hereinafter referred to as "the Service") related to PASELLY provided by entershare Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"). These Terms apply when customers use the Service. Please note that by completing user registration, customers are deemed to have agreed to these Terms, so please be sure to read them before use.

The Service is a business-to-business service intended for use by corporations or organizations, and cannot be used independently by individuals acting on their own judgment. Individuals may only use the Service as users belonging to a corporation or organization that is a contracting party.

Article 1 (General Provisions and Scope of Application)

These Terms set forth the basic matters regarding the use of the Service provided and operated by the Company, and all customers must comply with them.
These Terms apply to all customers regarding the use of the Service, except for those that apply only to either contracting parties or users.
Contracting parties shall be obligated to ensure that users whose use they have authorized comply with the contents of these Terms before such users begin using the Service.
If the Company posts individual provisions or supplementary provisions regarding the Service on its website, or issues rules regarding the Service by email or other means, such provisions shall constitute part of these Terms. In the event of any conflict between such individual provisions, supplementary provisions, or rules and these Terms, such individual provisions, supplementary provisions, or rules shall prevail.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The terms used in these Terms shall have the meanings set forth in the respective items below.

"Service Agreement"
Refers to the contractual relationship regarding the use of the Service between the contracting party and the Company when the contracting party uses the Service, including the contents stipulated in these Terms and documents distributed, delivered, or posted by the Company regarding the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Individual Terms of Use").
"Contracting Party"
Refers to the corporation or organization that has entered into a Service Agreement with the Company upon acceptance of these Terms.
"Customer"
Refers collectively to contracting parties and users.
"Registration Applicant"
Refers to a corporation or organization that wishes to use the Service.
"User Registration"
Refers to the registration for use of the Service conducted by a registration applicant in accordance with the method prescribed in Article 3.
"Registration Information"
Refers to information prescribed by the Company that registration applicants and customers register at the time of user registration, information that the Company deems necessary and requests registration during use of the Service, and information that customers themselves add or change to such information.
"Content"
Refers to information that customers can access through the Service (including but not limited to text, images, videos, audio, music and other sounds, images, software, programs, code, and other data).
"Posted Information"
Refers to content that customers input or transmit in the course of using the Service.
"Contracting Party Account"
Refers to the qualification or right for a contracting party to use the Service.
"User Account"
Refers to the qualification or right for a user to use the Service.
"Account"
Refers collectively to contracting party accounts and user accounts.
"Company Website"
Refers to the website operated by the Company whose domain is "paselly.com" (including any such website after any change in domain or content, regardless of the reason for such change).
"The API"
Refers to application programming interfaces that provide functions for integration with the Service. Contracting parties may use the API under the conditions separately prescribed by the Company. The Service functions available through the API shall be separately prescribed by the Company.
"API Key"
Refers to a code issued by the Company to the contracting party to distinguish users from others when the contracting party integrates with the Service through the API.
"Third-Party Provider"
Refers to a party that provides or operates services that partner with the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Third-Party Services") based on agreements entered into with the Company.
"Intellectual Property Rights"
Refers to copyrights, patent rights, utility model rights, trademark rights, design rights, and other intellectual property rights (including rights to acquire such rights or to apply for registration of such rights).

Article 3 (Registration)

Registration applicants may apply to the Company for registration to use the Service by agreeing to comply with these Terms and the individual terms of use related to the Service, and by providing registration information to the Company in the manner prescribed by the Company.
At the time a registration applicant makes the registration application under the preceding paragraph, such registration applicant shall be deemed to have agreed to these Terms.
If a minor uses the Service as a user, the consent of a legal representative is required. When a registration application is made by a minor under Paragraph 1, it shall be deemed that the consent of the legal representative has been obtained for such minor, and the preceding paragraph shall also apply.
The Company shall determine whether to approve the registration of a registration applicant in accordance with the Company's criteria, and the registration as a customer shall be deemed completed upon notification of registration completion from the Company.
Upon completion of the registration set forth in the preceding paragraph, a Service Agreement in accordance with the provisions of these Terms shall be established between the contracting party and the Company, and the contracting party shall be able to use the Service in the manner prescribed by the Company.
Registration applicants shall represent and warrant that they do not fall under any of the following items, and the Company may refuse registration if it is discovered that the registration applicant is in violation:
1. If the registration information provided to the Company contains any falsehood, error, or omission in whole or in part
2. If the registration applicant does not have the legal right and standing to enter into a Service Agreement and the terms of use of Third-Party Services
3. If the registration applicant has previously been subject to or is currently subject to measures such as account deletion or other suspension of use of the Service
4. If it is found that the applicant is a minor, adult ward, person under curatorship, or person under assistance, and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant
5. If the Company determines that the applicant is an anti-social force (meaning organized crime groups, members of organized crime groups, right-wing organizations, anti-social forces, or other similar entities) or is cooperating with or involved in the maintenance, operation, or management of anti-social forces through providing funds or other means
6. If the Company otherwise determines that the registration is inappropriate
Contracting parties must provide true and accurate information when registering their registration information. The Company shall provide the Service on the premise of the registration information registered by the contracting party. The Company shall not be liable for any damage suffered by the contracting party due to any falsehood, error, or omission in the registration information.

Article 4 (Changes to Registration Information)

If there are any changes to the registration information, the contracting party shall notify the Company of such changes within 14 days in the manner prescribed by the Company and submit any documents requested by the Company.
The Company shall not be liable for any damage resulting from the contracting party's failure to provide the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph.
If the contracting party fails to provide the notification set forth in Paragraph 1 and as a result a notification from the Company fails to reach the contracting party, such notification from the Company shall be deemed to have arrived at the time it would normally have arrived.

Article 5 (Management of Registered Email Addresses and Passwords)

Customers shall manage and store their registered email addresses (hereinafter referred to as "Registered Email Addresses"), passwords, and API Keys issued by the Company at their own responsibility, and shall not allow third parties to use them or lend, transfer, change the name of, sell, or otherwise dispose of them. The Company shall deem that the customer registered as the holder of the Registered Email Address and password has used the Service when the Company confirms the match of the Registered Email Address and password or the use of an issued API Key.
If it becomes apparent that a Registered Email Address, password, or API Key has been stolen or is being used by a third party, the customer shall immediately notify the Company and follow the Company's instructions.
The customer shall be responsible for any damage caused by inadequate management of Registered Email Addresses, passwords, or API Keys, errors in use, or use by third parties, and the Company shall not be liable for any such damage.

Article 6 (Use of the Service)

Customers may use the Service in the manner prescribed by the Company, within the scope of the purpose of these Terms and to the extent that does not violate these Terms, only during the period in which their registration is valid.
Contracting parties may register user accounts within the limits set by their pricing plan, and users may use the Service during the contracting party's contract period while they are registered by the contracting party. In this case, the contracting party shall be jointly and severally liable for all acts of the user on the Service.
The Company grants contracting parties the right to use the API based on separately prescribed terms of use within the scope of these Terms. In this case, the Company shall issue API Keys to such contracting parties. The API is not available to contracting parties during the "free trial" period.
The Service shall be used for the customer's own document preparation and other business purposes, and shall not be used for providing services to third parties (such as accepting third-party document preparation work and using the Service for such work) or other purposes, unless otherwise approved by the Company.
The customer agrees that all or part of the Service may be available only to customers who meet conditions that the Company deems necessary, such as age, identity verification status, registration information status, etc.

Article 7 (Service Usage Fees)

Contracting parties shall pay usage fees in accordance with the pricing plans set forth on the Company Website for the use of the Service.
Usage fees shall accrue from the date of completion of user registration, regardless of whether the contracting party actually uses the Service. However, in the case of "free plans" or paid plans that include a "free trial" period, usage fees shall not accrue during such period, and shall begin to accrue from the day following the end of such period.
Payment of usage fees shall be made by credit card or other methods prescribed by the Company.
Unless otherwise prescribed by the Company, usage fees for the following month shall be paid on the same date each month from the first payment date. However, if the credit card company, financial institution, or other payment agent has separate provisions regarding the payment date, such provisions shall apply.
If the contracting party is late in paying usage fees under the preceding paragraph, the contracting party shall pay the Company a late payment charge at an annual rate of 14.6%.
The Company may change the pricing of the Service usage fees. When changing the pricing, the Company shall notify the contracting party no later than the 10th of the month preceding the month in which the changed pricing is to be applied, and if the contracting party does not carry out the withdrawal procedure set forth in Article 12, the contracting party shall be deemed to have agreed to the changed pricing.

Article 8 (Refunds)

Except as provided in these Terms, the contracting party acknowledges in advance that the Company will not respond to any refund of usage fees paid by the contracting party to the Company.

Article 9 (Changes to Pricing Plans)

When a contracting party wishes to change their pricing plan, the contracting party shall request the change to the Company in the manner prescribed by the Company, and the pricing plan change shall be approved upon notification from the Company confirming such request.
The changed pricing plan shall be applied from the month following the month in which notification from the Company under the preceding paragraph is made.
The Company may, at its discretion, decline to approve a request for a pricing plan change.

Article 10 (Provision of Third-Party Services)

When customers wish to use Third-Party Services provided by Third-Party Providers in connection with the use of the Service, they shall comply with the terms of use and other conditions prescribed by such Third-Party Providers (including conditions after any changes to such terms of use) in addition to these Terms and individual terms of use.
The Company and Third-Party Providers (except where otherwise provided in the terms of use or other provisions prescribed by such Third-Party Providers) do not warrant that the content of Third-Party Services is suitable for the customer's specific purposes, has the expected functions, commercial value, accuracy, or usefulness, that the customer's use of Third-Party Services complies with applicable laws or internal rules of industry organizations, or that no defects will occur.

Article 11 (Prohibited Acts)

Customers shall not, by themselves or through third parties, engage in any of the following acts when using the Service (including Third-Party Services; the same shall apply hereinafter in this Article):

Acts that violate or may violate laws, court judgments, decisions, or orders, or legally binding administrative measures, or acts that promote such violations
Fraudulent or threatening acts against the Company, Third-Party Providers, other customers, or other third parties
Acts that are contrary to public order and morals or that may harm good morals
Acts that infringe or may infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy, or other rights or interests of the Company, Third-Party Providers, other customers, or other third parties
Transmitting information to the Company, Third-Party Providers, other users, or other third parties that falls under or is deemed by the Company to fall under the following:
- Information containing excessively violent or cruel expressions
- Information containing computer viruses or other harmful programs
- Information containing excessively obscene expressions
- Information containing child pornography
- Information containing expressions that promote discrimination
- Information containing expressions that promote suicide or self-harm
- Information containing expressions that promote inappropriate drug use
- Information containing anti-social expressions
- Information requesting distribution to third parties, such as junk mail, spam, or chain mail
- Information containing illegal solicitation or advertising
- Information containing expressions that cause discomfort to others
- Information aimed at meeting unacquainted persons of the opposite sex
- Information soliciting or inviting users to services other than the Service
- Information that is clearly false, erroneous, or inaccurate
- Information similar to the above
Modifying, adapting, or disassembling, decompiling, reverse engineering, or otherwise analyzing the source code of the Service
Placing an excessive load on the network or systems of the Service
Unauthorized access to systems connected to the Service or unauthorized rewriting or deletion of information stored in Company facilities, or other acts that cause damage to the Company
Impersonating the Company, other customers, or other third parties
Multiple persons sharing a single user account
Providing benefits to anti-social forces
Acts that are contrary to the purpose of these Terms, individual terms of use, and the Service
Acts that directly or indirectly cause or facilitate any of the foregoing acts
Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate

Article 12 (Withdrawal from the Service)

Contracting parties may withdraw from the Service at any time by following the prescribed procedure. A contracting party that has withdrawn from the Service shall not be able to use the Service from the time of withdrawal, and users authorized by such contracting party shall also simultaneously become unable to use the Service.
Even if withdrawal occurs during the contract period, the Company will not refund any usage fees paid by the contracting party.
If any debt to the Company remains at the time of withdrawal, the contracting party shall automatically lose the benefit of time with respect to all such debts and shall immediately pay all debts to the Company.
Even after withdrawal from the Service, the contracting party shall not be released from any obligations and debts (including but not limited to damages) under the Service Agreement to the Company and other third parties.
If a contracting party withdraws from the Service, the Company may, at its discretion, delete the accounts of such contracting party and users whose use was authorized by such contracting party.
If a contracting party wishes to register again after withdrawal, they must complete the registration procedure again. The contracting party acknowledges in advance that data from before withdrawal will not be carried over after re-registration.

Article 13 (Measures in Case of Violations)

If the Company determines that a customer falls under or may fall under any of the following items, the Company may, at its discretion, delete such customer's registration information, terminal information, posted information, temporarily suspend or restrict the use of the Service, or delete the account (hereinafter referred to as "Suspension of Service Use"):
1. Violation of any provision of these Terms
2. Failure to pay usage fees for the Service (including Third-Party Services; the same shall apply hereinafter in this Article) and failure to resolve such delinquency within 7 days of a request by the Company
3. Discovery of fraudulent use of the payment method designated by the Company or a Third-Party Provider, or suspension or invalidation of the customer's payment by the payment service company designated by such Third-Party Provider
4. Suspension or inability to make payments, or filing of a petition for bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganization, special liquidation, or similar proceedings
5. Significant decline in creditworthiness or important changes in business operations that affect creditworthiness
6. Resolution to dissolve or resolution to merge with another company or otherwise reorganize the company
7. Death of the customer, or receipt of a decision to commence guardianship, curatorship, or assistance
8. Failure to respond for more than 30 days to inquiries or other communications from the Company requesting a response
9. Having previously been subject to or currently being subject to Suspension of Service Use measures
10. Falling under any of the items of Article 3, Paragraph 5
11. The Company determines it is necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Service
12. The Company determines that there are other reasons similar to the foregoing items
Even after account deletion, the contracting party shall not be released from any obligations and debts (including but not limited to damages) under the Service Agreement to the Company and other third parties.
The Company shall not be liable for any damage suffered by customers as a result of actions taken by the Company under this Article.

Article 14 (Changes, Additions, Termination, and Interruption of the Service)

The Company may change or add to all or part of the content of the Service without prior notice to customers.
The Company may terminate the provision and operation of all or part of the Service at the Company's discretion. The Company shall notify customers by a method deemed appropriate by the Company when terminating the provision and operation of all or part of the Service at the Company's discretion. However, in urgent cases, the Company may not notify customers.
The Company may temporarily interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice to customers if any of the following events occur:
1. Regular or emergency maintenance or repair of hardware, software, communication equipment, etc. for the Service
2. Excessive access or other unexpected factors causing concentrated load on the system
3. A need to ensure the security of customers arises
4. All or part of the provision of Third-Party Services by a Third-Party Provider is temporarily suspended or interrupted
5. Telecommunications carrier services are not provided
6. Provision of the Service becomes difficult due to force majeure such as natural disasters
7. Provision of the Service becomes difficult due to fire, power outage, other unforeseen accidents, or war, conflict, civil unrest, riots, labor disputes, etc.
8. Operation of the Service becomes impossible due to laws, regulations, or measures based thereon
9. Other cases where the Company deems it necessary, similar to the foregoing items
The Company shall not be liable for any damage suffered by customers as a result of measures taken by the Company under this Article.

Article 15 (Backup)

Customers shall record, store, and manage all registration information, posted information, and all other information transmitted to and stored in the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Registration Information, etc.") at their own responsibility.
Customers shall perform backup operations (including but not limited to using the functions of the Service provided by the Company) for Registration Information, etc. at their own responsibility, and the Company shall not be liable for any damage or disadvantage arising from the non-existence of backup data or the customer's failure to properly perform backup operations.
The Company may record Registration Information, etc. as a backup. However, this does not supplement the backup performed at the customer's responsibility under the preceding paragraph and does not guarantee the restoration of Registration Information, etc.
The Company may automatically delete some or all of the Registration Information, etc. after a certain period, and the customer shall be deemed to have agreed to this.

Article 16 (Ownership of Rights)

All intellectual property rights related to content and other information provided by the Company through the Service belong to the Company or those who have granted licenses to the Company, and no license to use the Service under these Terms implies a license to use the intellectual property rights of the Company or those who have granted licenses to the Company. Similarly, all intellectual property rights related to Third-Party Services belong to the Third-Party Providers or those who have granted licenses to the Third-Party Providers, and no license to use the Service under these Terms implies a license to use the intellectual property rights of the Third-Party Providers or those who have granted licenses to the Third-Party Providers.
Customers shall not translate, edit, modify, or otherwise alter the information provided by the Company without the Company's permission, nor shall they allow third parties to use or publish such information. Customers shall not allow third parties to use Third-Party Services without the permission of the Third-Party Provider.
Trademarks, logos, service marks, etc. (collectively referred to as "Trademarks") may be displayed in connection with the provision of the Service or Third-Party Services, but the Company and Third-Party Providers do not transfer or license the use of any Trademarks to customers or other third parties.

Article 17 (Posted Information)

Customers represent and warrant to the Company that they have the lawful right to transmit content by posting or other methods, and that the posted information does not infringe the rights of any third party.
In the Service, the copyright of posted information shall be retained by the customer who posted it. Customers grant the Company a free-of-charge license to reproduce, adapt, publicly transmit automatically, and make transmittable and otherwise use the posted information to the extent necessary for the Company's provision of the Service. Customers also grant Third-Party Providers a free-of-charge license to reproduce, adapt, publicly transmit automatically, and make transmittable and otherwise use the posted information to the extent necessary for the Third-Party Provider's provision of Third-Party Services.
Customers agree not to exercise moral rights of authorship against the Company, those who have succeeded to or been licensed rights from the Company, and Third-Party Providers.
Customers shall back up posted information at their own responsibility, and the Company and Third-Party Providers shall not be obligated to back up posted information.
The Company may restrict the use of the Service by deleting posted information or other methods without prior notice to customers if it determines that the posted information violates or may violate laws or these Terms. Similarly, Third-Party Providers may restrict the use of Third-Party Services by deleting posted information or other methods without prior notice to customers if they determine that the posted information in the provision of Third-Party Services violates or may violate laws or these Terms.

Article 18 (Collection and Handling of Customer Information)

The handling of registration information, terminal information, and other customer information by the Company shall be in accordance with the separately established Privacy Policy, and customers agree that the Company handles such information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
The Company may use information and data provided by customers, including registration information and terminal information, at the Company's discretion for purposes such as provision and operation of the Service and improvement of service content, or may publish such information as statistical information that does not identify individuals, and customers agree to this.
When customers wish to use or are already using Third-Party Services, the Company may provide registration information, terminal information, and other information about such customers collected from customers to Third-Party Providers to the extent necessary for the use of such Third-Party Services, and customers agree to this. In this case, Third-Party Providers shall handle such information in accordance with the privacy policy separately established by such Third-Party Providers, and customers agree to this.
In addition to the preceding paragraph, the Company may provide statistical materials related to information collected and analyzed through the Service to Third-Party Providers and other third parties for the purposes set forth in Paragraph 2 and for the provision of Third-Party Services by Third-Party Providers, and customers agree to this.

Article 19 (Confidentiality)

Customers shall keep confidential any non-public information disclosed by the Company to customers with the request to treat it confidentially in connection with the Service, unless prior written consent is obtained from the Company.
Customers shall, when requested by the Company, promptly return or destroy all documents, other recording media containing the information set forth in the preceding paragraph, and all copies thereof in accordance with the Company's instructions.

Article 20 (Damages)

Customers shall compensate the Company for all damages (including professional fees such as attorney fees and amounts equivalent to Company personnel costs) if they cause damage to the Company and Third-Party Providers (their affiliates, employees, agents, contracting parties, assignees, licensees, and successors) by violating these Terms or in connection with the use of the Service.
If the Company or a Third-Party Provider receives any claim from other customers or other third parties for infringement of rights or other reasons in connection with a customer's use of the Service, such customer shall compensate the amount that the Company or Third-Party Provider was forced to pay to such third party based on such claim and the amount incurred by the Company or Third-Party Provider in resolving disputes related to such claim (including professional fees such as attorney fees and amounts equivalent to Company personnel costs).
The Company or Third-Party Providers shall not be liable for any damage suffered by customers in connection with the Service. Even if the Company is liable for damages to a customer due to the application of the Consumer Contract Act or other reasons, notwithstanding this paragraph or other provisions exempting the Company from liability for damages, the scope of the Company's liability for damages shall be limited to the Service usage fees paid by the customer up to the time of occurrence of damage (up to a maximum of one year).

Article 21 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)

The Company and Third-Party Providers do not warrant that the Service (including Third-Party Services; the same shall apply hereinafter in this Article), content provided through the Service, information obtained from Third-Party Services, or any other information that customers may obtain through the Service is suitable for the customer's specific purposes, has the expected functions, commercial value, accuracy, usefulness, or completeness, that the use of the Service complies with laws or internal rules of industry organizations applicable to the customer, that no defects will occur, or that problems related to the use of the Service will be resolved.
The Company and Third-Party Providers make no warranty that content provided through the Service can be legally used, complies with the terms of use of services provided by parties other than the Company or Third-Party Providers, or does not infringe the rights of third parties.
The Company and Third-Party Providers do not warrant that the Service is compatible with all devices, and the customer acknowledges in advance that even if the Service was compatible at the time of commencement of use, there is a possibility that defects may occur in the operation of the Service due to version upgrades of the operating system of the device used to use the Service. The Company does not warrant that such defects will be resolved by modifications to the program or other actions taken by the Company.
The Company and Third-Party Providers may monitor content within the scope of these Terms, legal requirements, or the Privacy Policy, but shall not be obligated to manage or supervise the content or its handling.
The Company and Third-Party Providers shall not be liable for any damage arising from or related to the Service, regardless of the cause, including interruption, suspension, termination, unavailability, or change of the Service, deletion or loss of information, deletion or loss of accounts, equipment failure or damage, or any other cause.
The Company stores registration information and terminal information on a highly secure network in a cloud environment that the Company deems to have a proven track record. However, the Company does not warrant the complete safety or reliability of such storage and shall not be liable for any damage arising from the loss of stored registration information, terminal information, or other data. Similarly, Third-Party Providers do not warrant the complete safety or reliability of Third-Party Services and shall not be liable for any damage arising from the loss of stored registration information, terminal information, or other data.
In the event of a dispute between a customer and a Third-Party Provider or other third party related to the Service, the customer shall immediately notify the Company thereof and resolve the dispute at the customer's own responsibility and expense, and the Company shall not be involved in any way and shall not be liable.

Article 22 (Effective Period)

The Service Agreement shall remain valid between the Company and the contracting party during the provision period of the Service, from the date on which user registration is completed under Article 3 for the contracting party until the earlier of the date on which such contracting party withdraws from the Service or the date on which such contracting party's account is deleted.

Article 23 (Amendment of Terms)

The Company may change or add to the content of these Terms and individual terms of use related to the Service. If the Company changes these Terms or individual terms of use, the Company shall notify customers of such changes by the method set forth in the following Article. If, after notification of such changes, customers use the Service or fail to take the procedure to terminate use within the period prescribed by the Company, customers shall be deemed to have agreed to the changes to these Terms and individual terms of use related to the Service.

Article 24 (Communication and Notice)

Communication from the Company to customers regarding changes to these Terms and other matters related to the Service shall be made by posting in an appropriate location on the Company Website, sending an email, push notification, or other method deemed appropriate by the Company.
Inquiries regarding the Service and other communications or notices from customers to the Company shall be made by submitting through the inquiry form set up in an appropriate location on the Company Website or other method designated by the Company.
The Company may send advertising and promotional emails regarding the Service to the email address registered by the customer.

Article 25 (Assignment of Status under These Terms)

Customers may not assign (including comprehensive succession through merger, company split, etc.) or pledge as collateral all or part of their status under the Service Agreement or their rights and obligations under these Terms to any third party without the prior written consent of the Company.
If the Company transfers the business related to the Service to another company, the Company may transfer its status, rights, obligations under the Service Agreement, and registration information and other information to the transferee of such business transfer, and customers shall be deemed to have consented to such transfer in advance under this paragraph. Business transfer as used in this paragraph includes comprehensive succession through merger or company split in which the Company becomes the absorbed company or the splitting company.

Article 26 (Severability)

Even if any provision or part thereof of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the remaining provisions of these Terms and the remaining part of the provision determined to be invalid or unenforceable in part shall continue to be fully effective, and the Company and customers shall endeavor to modify such invalid or unenforceable provision or part to the extent necessary to make it lawful and enforceable, and to ensure the same legal and economic effect as the purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision or part.

Article 27 (Survival)

The provisions of Article 12, Paragraphs 2 through 5, Article 13, Paragraphs 2 and 3, Articles 16 through 19, and Articles 24 through 29 shall survive the termination of the Service Agreement.

Article 28 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan, and all disputes arising from or relating to these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance, depending on the amount in controversy.

Article 29 (Consultation for Resolution)

The Company and customers shall, in the event of any matter not provided for in these Terms or any ambiguity in the interpretation of these Terms, consult with each other in good faith and endeavor to resolve the matter promptly.